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Since last year, Japanese media have been lambasting the Asahi Shimbun over fabricated stories by an ex-soldier regarding forcible recruitment of comfort women during World War 2. A 50-year-old man (his name was not given) from Toyonaka City, ...Japan Today, 4 days ago

On Feb. 13, Asahi Shimbun's daily Vox Populi, Vox Dei column mentioned Morizo and Kiccoro, the official mascots of the 2005 World Expo held in Aichi Prefecture. These two woodland fairies supposedly hailed from Seto, which issued them the same ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Japan's third-largest soft drink company, and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., the maker of Pocari Sweat, plan to make each other's products available in their vending machines, it has been learned. Unlike ...

In his Tokyo Shimbun column about weekly magazines, Hiroyuki Shinoda recently lauded Shukan Asahi for accusing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of exploiting the murder of journalist Kenji Goto by the Islamic State group for political purposes . Shinoda ...

A former Asahi Shimbun journalist who has been criticized by far-right groups in Japan for his 24-year-old articles about a South Korean comfort woman said Sunday that he will not succumb to unjust threat. Speaking during a lecture in Kochi ...

It still feels as if I`m in a dream. Why is this happening to me? Takashi Uemura, 56, former reporter for the Asahi Shimbun, let out a deep sigh as he buried his head in his hands. There were no words of comfort to offer. All I could do was just ...

Stacking plants on electrically lit shelves is a very compact way of growing food (Image: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty) It tastes great, is hyper-local and is available all year round. But is growing food indoors in our cities really sustainable? ...

According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun, Abe expressed his view Wednesday when he talked with Hajime Funada, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), for the promotion of revision to the constitution. (Japan-Constitution Amendment) ---- ...